EP1612495A1 - Method and apparatus for cooling products - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a method for cooling products, in which a product passes through a cooling channel and in the cooling channel with a cooling medium in heat exchange.
- the invention further relates to an apparatus for carrying out this method.
- continuously produced products for example in the food sector, are cooled in a continuous process for further processing, packaging or preservation.
- they pass through during the manufacturing process, e.g. in an extruder, heated products cooling tunnels, either operated by means of conventional refrigerators or in which the heat is removed by the introduction of cryogenic liquefied gases (i.d.R., Nitrogen or carbon dioxide) from the products.
- cryogenic liquefied gases i.d.R., Nitrogen or carbon dioxide
- the use of chillers often has the disadvantage that due to the only small temperature difference between the product and the cooling medium, the cooling rate is also very small and the product must remain in the cooling tunnel over a long time for an economical production time in the cooling tunnel. This disadvantage is avoided when using cryogenic liquefied gases.
- the still warm products by means of a suitable transport device, such as a conveyor belt, passed through an elongated cooling tunnel and thereby sprayed with a refrigerant, such as liquid nitrogen.
- a suitable transport device such as a conveyor belt
- a refrigerant such as liquid nitrogen.
- the object of the present invention is therefore to specify a method and a device for cooling products which, on the one hand, ensures efficient and rapid cooling of the product but, on the other hand, can be used to protect the product.
- cooling medium is at least partially removed at a removal point from the cooling channel, the removed cooling medium with heat exchange in a refrigerant and then fed back to the cooling channel at a feed point.
- the cooling medium is at least partially removed from the cooling channel and enters into thermal contact with a refrigerant, wherein the heat absorbed by the product is released. Subsequently, the cooling medium is returned to the cooling channel.
- This cycle thus results in indirect cooling of the product. Direct contact of the product with the refrigerant and the associated disadvantages are prevented.
- the cooling is thus far more gentle than in the prior art.
- a particularly expedient embodiment of the invention provides to regulate the amount and / or the temperature of the cooling medium removed or supplied to the cooling channel to a predetermined value or according to a predetermined program.
- a particularly advantageous refrigerant for cooling the cooling medium proves to be a liquefied or cold gaseous gas, for example nitrogen or carbon dioxide.
- the device according to the invention has a cooling channel with a product inlet and a product outlet, as well as an extraction connection and a supply connection for the removal or supply of a cooling medium into the cooling channel.
- the supply port is fluidly connected to a heat exchanger for cooling the cooling medium by heat exchange with a refrigerant.
- the device according to the invention enables fast and at the same time efficient cooling of the product.
- the heat exchanger can be constructed such that the material flows of cooling medium and refrigerant are separated from each other, and only a heat transfer between the two media takes place; or the heat exchange takes place by direct introduction of the refrigerant into the cooling medium flow.
- cooling medium By mixing the cooling medium with the refrigerant, so for example a cryogenic liquefied gas is formed in the latter case, the cold, the cooling channel to be supplied cooling medium. It is also possible, instead of or in addition to a heat exchanger, to use a cold gas mixer in which streams of gases of different temperatures are mixed. In this case, the heat transfer takes place directly via the supply of cold gas.
- the cooling channel is equipped in the region of the product inlet and / or the product outlet with a gas lock.
- the entry of ambient gas which has an undesirable for the cooling process composition or temperature prevented.
- the cooling channel is gas-tight connected to a device for producing the product, such as an extruder.
- a device for producing the product such as an extruder.
- a particularly preferred embodiment of the invention provides that the cooling channel is arranged substantially vertically.
- the product thus passes through the cooling channel under the effect of gravity. Extensive transport systems that are in direct mechanical contact with the product and can thereby impair the quality of the product can therefore be dispensed with.
- the device 1 shown in FIG. 1 comprises a substantially vertically arranged cooling channel 2 with a product inlet 4 and a product outlet 5.
- the product flowing from a production device, for example an extruder 6, heated by the production process enters the cooling channel 2 at the product inlet 4 and leaves the cooling channel 2 at the product outlet 5.
- the product may be, for example, particulate, granulated flake-like or elongated products, in particular from the food sector.
- a gaseous cooling medium for cooling the product in the cooling channel 2 is a gaseous cooling medium, which is guided in the embodiment of FIG. 1 in countercurrent to the product through the cooling channel 2.
- an inlet connection 8 and in an upper one Area a sampling nozzle 9 is provided, each opening into the interior of the cooling channel 2.
- the removal nozzle 9 is connected to a cooling medium line 10, at which in the direction indicated by arrows flow one after the other driven by a motor 11 conveyor 12, such as a fan, for sucking the cooling medium from the cooling channel 2 and a heat exchanger 15 is arranged.
- the cooling medium line 10 opens at the inlet port 8 again in the cooling channel 2 a.
- the heat exchanger 15 is a thermal contact with a refrigerant
- a liquefied gas such as liquid nitrogen
- a liquefied gas such as liquid nitrogen
- the refrigerant supply line 17 in the exemplary embodiment fluidly opens before the heat exchanger 15 in the cooling medium line 10 a.
- Each at its two end faces of the cooling channel 2 is provided with gas locks 18,19. These are, for example, inert gas nozzles arranged annularly at the respective opening of the cooling channel 2, by means of which the entry of ambient atmosphere is prevented, without hindering the passage of the product through the cooling channel 2.
- the power of the cooling channel 2 is essentially determined by the temperature of the cooling gas at the inlet port 8 and by the flow of cooling gas through the supply line 10. In order to influence the cooling in the cooling channel 2, temperature and flow rate of the cooling medium are therefore subjected to control circuits.
- a flow meter 21 is arranged shortly behind the sampling nozzle 9, which controls the motor 11 of the conveyor 12 by means of a control line 22 and thereby adjusts the engine power to a predetermined value or according to a predetermined program.
- the regulation of the temperature of the cooling medium via the supply of the refrigerant to the heat exchanger 15.
- a temperature sensor 24th detects the temperature of the cooling medium in the cooling medium line 10.
- the flow rate of the refrigerant through the heat exchanger 15 and thus the cooling capacity are regulated therefrom by means of a controllable valve 25. Power and temperature of the cooling medium in the cooling channel 2 can thus be controlled independently.
- other physical parameters can be used as control variables, such as volume flows, pressures, temperatures in the cooling device or process data from upstream or downstream systems.
- the product produced in the extruder 6 sinks through the product inlet 4 into the cooling channel 2, as indicated by arrows.
- the product is cooled by thermal contact with the gaseous, guided from bottom to top cooling medium.
- the thereby heating cooling medium is sucked on the sampling nozzle 9 and cooled by thermal contact with the refrigerant in the heat exchanger 15.
- the heated by the heat exchange with the cooling medium refrigerant is added to this, thereby increasing the cooling capacity.
- the mixture of cooling medium and supplied refrigerant flows via the inlet port 8 again in the cooling channel 2 a.
- the slight overpressure in the interior of the cooling channel 2 caused by the addition of the refrigerant effectively prevents the penetration of ambient air into the cooling channel 10 in cooperation with the gas locks 18, 19. Excess cooling medium escapes through the gas locks 18, 19 into the environment.
- the embodiment of FIG. 2 differs from the embodiment of FIG. 1 essentially by a flow guidance of the cooling medium, which runs in the same direction as the product flow in the interior of the cooling channel.
- the device 32 likewise comprises a substantially vertically arranged cooling channel 32 with an extruder 36 facing product inlet 34 and a product outlet 35.
- the cooling gas located in the cooling channel 32 is at a sampling nozzle 38, which is located in the lower region of the cooling channel 32 by means of a conveyor 42 sucked off and via a supply line 40th fed to a heat exchanger 45, where it is cooled by thermal contact with a refrigerant brought from a liquefied gas tank 46 and fed back to the cooling channel 32 at an inlet port 39.
- the cooling medium thus flows in the same direction to the product.
- the regulation of temperature and flow rate of the cooling medium in the supply line 40 is carried out in the same manner as in the device 1 of FIG. 1.
- an at least substantially gas-tight connection 44 such as a hose connection to provide, by means of which is effectively prevented that the still warm product from the extruder 36 comes into contact with the ambient atmosphere. Due to the gas-tight connection 44, a gas lock in the region of the product inlet 34 is unnecessary. Consequently, the device 31 has only one gas lock 47 in the region of the product outlet 35 of the cooling channel 32; However, a simplified structure of the devices 1 and 31 can dispense entirely with gas locks.
- Wire-shaped products for example pasta with a diameter of 2 to 10 mm, are continuously produced with an extruder under high pressure in an amount of 1000 kg / h.
- the compression in the extruder produces a high heat of deformation. Therefore, lowering the temperature of the products after extrusion from approx. 60-90 ° C to approx. 20 ° C within approx. 5-50 seconds, otherwise they expand and lose their quality.
- the cooling medium in the supply line 10 is passed at a rate of 2000 kg / h and by the contact with liquid nitrogen in the heat exchanger 15 of a temperature cooled from about 10 ° C in the region of the outlet nozzle 9 to a temperature of minus 30 ° C in the region of the inlet nozzle 8. In this way, the required cooling capacity of 22 kW is provided in the cooling channel.
- the achievable by the described method very rapid, yet gentle cooling effect allows the operation of the devices 1 and 31, especially in very sensitive products that would otherwise fall apart quickly when supplied into a vertically disposed cooling channel while still warm under the action of their own mass , At the same time, the vertical arrangement of the cooling channel allows non-contact and therefore particularly gentle transport of the products through the cooling channel.
- the application of the method and apparatus of the invention is by no means limited to the food sector; Rather, many applications are possible other areas, such as in metallurgy or plastics production. By way of example, the production of sintered bodies is also possible with the described method.
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Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zum Kühlen von Produkten, bei dem ein Produkt einen Kühlkanal durchläuft und in dem Kühlkanal mit einem Kühlmedium in Wärmeaustausch tritt. Die Erfindung betrifft ferner eine Vorrichtung zur Durchführung dieses Verfahrens.The invention relates to a method for cooling products, in which a product passes through a cooling channel and in the cooling channel with a cooling medium in heat exchange. The invention further relates to an apparatus for carrying out this method.
Nach dem Stand der Technik werden kontinuierlich hergestellte Produkte beispielsweise im Lebensmittelbereich zur Weiterverarbeitung, Verpackung oder Konservierung im Durchlaufverfahren gekühlt. Dabei durchlaufen die im Verlauf des Herstellungsverfahrens, z.B. in einem Extruder, erhitzten Produkte Kühltunnel, die entweder mit Hilfe üblicher Kältemaschinen betrieben oder bei denen die Wärme durch Einleitung von tiefkalt verflüssigten Gasen (i.d.R. Stickstoff oder Kohlendioxid) aus den Produkten abgeführt wird. Der Einsatz von Kältemaschinen hat dabei oft den Nachteil, dass wegen der nur geringen Temperaturdifferenz zwischen Produkt und Kühlmedium die Abkühlgeschwindigkeit gleichfalls nur sehr klein ist und das Produkt über einen für eine wirtschaftliche Produktion unzuträglich langen Zeitraum im Kühltunnel verweilen muss. Dieser Nachteil wird beim Einsatz von tiefkalt verflüssigten Gasen vermieden. Bei diesem Verfahren werden die noch warmen Produkte mittels einer geeigneten Transportvorrichtung, beispielsweise einem Förderband, durch einen lang gestreckten Kühltunnel geführt und dabei mit einem Kältemittel, beispielsweise Flüssigstickstoff, besprüht. Da jedoch tiefkalt verflüssigte Gase den größten Teil ihrer Kälte bei der Verdampfung abgeben, die Verdampfungstemperatur aber aus physikalischen Gründen festgelegt ist, entsteht hierbei häufig der Nachteil, dass die Kälte nur ungleichmäßig den Produkten zugeführt wird und die Produkte lokal unterkühlt werden, was oft zu Qualitätsverlust oder Produktschädigung führt.According to the state of the art, continuously produced products, for example in the food sector, are cooled in a continuous process for further processing, packaging or preservation. In the process, they pass through during the manufacturing process, e.g. in an extruder, heated products cooling tunnels, either operated by means of conventional refrigerators or in which the heat is removed by the introduction of cryogenic liquefied gases (i.d.R., Nitrogen or carbon dioxide) from the products. The use of chillers often has the disadvantage that due to the only small temperature difference between the product and the cooling medium, the cooling rate is also very small and the product must remain in the cooling tunnel over a long time for an economical production time in the cooling tunnel. This disadvantage is avoided when using cryogenic liquefied gases. In this method, the still warm products by means of a suitable transport device, such as a conveyor belt, passed through an elongated cooling tunnel and thereby sprayed with a refrigerant, such as liquid nitrogen. However, since cryogenic liquefied gases give off most of their cold during evaporation, but the evaporation temperature is set for physical reasons, this often results in the disadvantage that the cold is supplied to the products only unevenly and the products are locally subcooled, which often leads to quality loss or product damage.
Aufgabe der vorliegenden Erfindung ist daher, ein Verfahren sowie eine Vorrichtung zur Kühlung von Produkten anzugeben, das bzw. die zum einen eine effiziente und schnelle Kühlung des Produkts gewährleistet, zum anderen jedoch produktschonend einsetzbar ist.The object of the present invention is therefore to specify a method and a device for cooling products which, on the one hand, ensures efficient and rapid cooling of the product but, on the other hand, can be used to protect the product.
Diese Aufgabe wird mit einem Verfahren der eingangs genannten Art dadurch gelöst, dass das Kühlmedium zumindest teilweise an einer Entnahmestelle aus dem Kühlkanal entnommen wird, das entnommene Kühlmedium mit einem Kältemittel in Wärmeaustausch tritt und anschließend an einer Einspeisestelle wieder dem Kühlkanal zugeführt wird.This object is achieved by a method of the type mentioned above in that the cooling medium is at least partially removed at a removal point from the cooling channel, the removed cooling medium with heat exchange in a refrigerant and then fed back to the cooling channel at a feed point.
Erfindungsgemäß wird das Kühlmedium zumindest teilweise dem Kühlkanal entnommen und tritt mit einem Kältemittel in Wärmekontakt, wobei die vom Produkt aufgenommene Wärme abgegeben wird. Anschließend wird das Kühlmedium wieder dem Kühlkanal zugeführt. Durch diesen Kreislauf findet also eine indirekte Kühlung des Produkts statt. Ein direkter Kontakt des Produkts mit dem Kältemittel und die damit verbundenen Nachteile werden verhindert. Die Kühlung erfolgt damit weitaus schonender als bei Verfahren nach dem Stande der Technik.According to the invention, the cooling medium is at least partially removed from the cooling channel and enters into thermal contact with a refrigerant, wherein the heat absorbed by the product is released. Subsequently, the cooling medium is returned to the cooling channel. This cycle thus results in indirect cooling of the product. Direct contact of the product with the refrigerant and the associated disadvantages are prevented. The cooling is thus far more gentle than in the prior art.
Besonders zweckmäßig ist es, das Kühlmedium im Kühlkanal im Gegenstrom zum Produkt zu führen. Hierdurch erfolgt eine besonders schonende Kühlung des Produkts, weil die Temperaturgradienten im Produktstrom und im Kühlmediumsstrom gleichsinnig verlaufen. Je nach Konstruktion des Gesamtsystems oder des gewünschten Kühlprozesses sind jedoch auch andere Strömungsführungen im Rahmen der Erfindung vorstellbar und vorteilhaft, etwa Gleichstrom, Querstrom, Kreuzstrom oder kombinierte Strömungsführungen.It is particularly expedient to lead the cooling medium in the cooling channel in countercurrent to the product. This results in a particularly gentle cooling of the product, because the temperature gradient in the product stream and in the cooling medium flow are in the same direction. Depending on the design of the overall system or the desired cooling process, however, other flow guides within the scope of the invention are conceivable and advantageous, such as direct current, cross-flow, cross-flow or combined flow guides.
Eine besonders zweckmäßige Ausgestaltung der Erfindung sieht vor, die Menge und/oder die Temperatur des dem Kühlkanal entnommenen oder zugeführten Kühlmediums auf einen vorgegebenen Wert oder nach einem vorgegebenen Programm zu regeln.A particularly expedient embodiment of the invention provides to regulate the amount and / or the temperature of the cooling medium removed or supplied to the cooling channel to a predetermined value or according to a predetermined program.
Als besonders vorteilhaftes Kältemittel zur Kühlung des Kühlmediums erweist sich ein verflüssigtes oder kaltes gasförmiges Gas, beispielsweise Stickstoff oder Kohlendioxid.A particularly advantageous refrigerant for cooling the cooling medium proves to be a liquefied or cold gaseous gas, for example nitrogen or carbon dioxide.
Um die Energieeffizienz des erfindungsgemäßen Verfahrens weiter zu verbessern ist es zweckmäßig, das zur Kühlung des Kühlmediums eingesetzte und erwärmte Kältemittel anschließend dem Kühlkanal zuzuführen und es durch Ausnutzung der Restkälte zur direkten Produktkühlung einzusetzen. Nicht in dieser Weise verwendetes Kältemittel kann zur Inertisierung oder für eine sonstige Verwendung genutzt werden.In order to further improve the energy efficiency of the method according to the invention, it is expedient to use and to heat the coolant used for cooling the cooling medium Then supply refrigerant to the cooling channel and use it by utilizing the residual refrigeration for direct product cooling. Refrigerant that is not used in this way can be used for inerting or other purposes.
Die Aufgabe der Erfindung wird auch durch eine Vorrichtung zur Durchführung des Verfahrens mit den Merkmalen des Patentanspruchs 6 gelöst.The object of the invention is also achieved by a device for carrying out the method with the features of patent claim 6.
Die erfindungsgemäße Vorrichtung weist also einen Kühlkanal mit einem Produkteingang und einem Produktausgang sowie einen Entnahmeanschluss und einen Zuführungsanschluss zur Entnahme bzw. Zuführung eines Kühlmediums in den Kühlkanal auf. Der Zuführungsanschluss ist dabei mit einem Wärmetauscher zur Kühlung des Kühlmediums durch Wärmetausch mit einem Kältemittel strömungsverbunden. Die erfindungsgemäße Vorrichtung ermöglicht eine schnelle und zugleich effiziente Kühlung des Produkts. Der Wärmetauscher kann dabei derart aufgebaut sein, dass die Stoffströme von Kühlmedium und Kältemittel voneinander getrennt geführt werden, und nur ein Wärmeübergang zwischen beiden Medien stattfindet; oder der Wärmetausch erfolgt durch direkte Einleitung des Kältemittels in den Kühlmediumsstrom. Durch Vermischung des Kühlmediums mit dem Kältemittel, also beispielsweise einem tiefkalt verflüssigten Gas entsteht im letzteren Fall das kalte, dem Kühlkanal zuzuführende Kühlmedium. Es ist auch möglich, anstelle oder ergänzend zu einem Wärmetauscher einen Kaltgasmischer einzusetzen, bei dem Stoffströme von Gasen unterschiedlicher Temperatur vermischt werden. In diesem Falle erfolgt die Wärmeübertragung direkt über die Zuführung des kaltem Gases.Thus, the device according to the invention has a cooling channel with a product inlet and a product outlet, as well as an extraction connection and a supply connection for the removal or supply of a cooling medium into the cooling channel. The supply port is fluidly connected to a heat exchanger for cooling the cooling medium by heat exchange with a refrigerant. The device according to the invention enables fast and at the same time efficient cooling of the product. The heat exchanger can be constructed such that the material flows of cooling medium and refrigerant are separated from each other, and only a heat transfer between the two media takes place; or the heat exchange takes place by direct introduction of the refrigerant into the cooling medium flow. By mixing the cooling medium with the refrigerant, so for example a cryogenic liquefied gas is formed in the latter case, the cold, the cooling channel to be supplied cooling medium. It is also possible, instead of or in addition to a heat exchanger, to use a cold gas mixer in which streams of gases of different temperatures are mixed. In this case, the heat transfer takes place directly via the supply of cold gas.
Bevorzugt ist der Kühlkanal im Bereich des Produkteingangs und/oder des Produktausgangs mit einer Gasschleuse ausgerüstet. Hierdurch wird der Eintritt von Umgebungsgas, das eine für den Kühlprozess unerwünschte Zusammensetzung oder Temperatur aufweist, unterbunden.Preferably, the cooling channel is equipped in the region of the product inlet and / or the product outlet with a gas lock. As a result, the entry of ambient gas, which has an undesirable for the cooling process composition or temperature prevented.
Zweckmäßigerweise ist der Kühlkanal gasdicht mit einer Einrichtung zur Herstellung des Produkts, etwa mit einem Extruder, verbunden. Hierdurch werden unerwünschte Einflüsse der Umgebung weiter vermindert.Conveniently, the cooling channel is gas-tight connected to a device for producing the product, such as an extruder. As a result, unwanted influences of the environment are further reduced.
Eine besonders bevorzugte Ausgestaltung der Erfindung sieht vor, dass der Kühlkanal im Wesentlichen senkrecht angeordnet ist. Das Produkt durchläuft den Kühlkanal also unter der Wirkung der Schwerkraft. Auf aufwändige Transportsysteme, die in direktem mechanischen Kontakt mit dem Produkt stehen und bereits dadurch die Qualität des Produkts beeinträchtigen können, kann also verzichtet werden. Durch die Kombination des erfindungsgemäßen Kühlverfahrens, bei dem eine rasche und schonende Kühlung der Produkte erzielt wird, mit der senkrechten Anordnung des Kühlkanals, durch die während des Kühlvorgangs ein direkten mechanischer Kontakt des Produkts mit einer Transport- oder sonstigen Vorrichtung vermieden wird, wird eine qualitativ besonders hochwertige Behandlung insbesondere von empfindlichen Produkten erzielt.A particularly preferred embodiment of the invention provides that the cooling channel is arranged substantially vertically. The product thus passes through the cooling channel under the effect of gravity. Extensive transport systems that are in direct mechanical contact with the product and can thereby impair the quality of the product can therefore be dispensed with. By the combination of the cooling method according to the invention, in which a rapid and gentle cooling of the products is achieved, with the vertical arrangement of the cooling channel through which a direct mechanical contact of the product with a transport or other device is avoided during the cooling process, is a qualitative achieved particularly high quality treatment, especially of sensitive products.
Anhand der Zeichnungen sollen nachfolgend Ausführungsbeispiele der Erfindung näher erläutert werden.Reference to the drawings, embodiments of the invention will be explained in more detail below.
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- Fig. 1: Eine Vorrichtung zum Kühlen in einer ersten Ausführungsform und
- Fig. 2: Eine Vorrichtung zum Kühlen in einer weiteren Ausführungsform.
- Fig. 1: An apparatus for cooling in a first embodiment and
- Fig. 2: A device for cooling in a further embodiment.
Die in Fig. 1 gezeigte Vorrichtung 1 umfasst einen im wesentlichen senkrecht angeordneten Kühlkanal 2 mit einem Produkteingang 4 und einem Produktausgang 5. Das aus einer Herstellungseinrichtung, beispielsweise einem Extruder 6, strömende, durch den Produktionsvorgang erwärmte Produkt tritt am Produkteingang 4 in den Kühlkanal 2 ein und verlässt den Kühlkanal 2 am Produktausgang 5. Bei dem Produkt kann es sich beispielsweise um teilchen-, körner- flockenartige oder aber um lang gestreckte Produkte, insbesondere aus dem Lebensmittelbereich, handeln. Zur Kühlung des Produkts im Kühlkanal 2 dient ein gasförmiges Kühlmedium, das im Ausführungsbeispiel nach Fig. 1 im Gegenstrom zum Produkt durch den Kühlkanal 2 geführt wird. Dazu ist im Bereich des unteren Endes des Kühlkanals 2 ein Eingangsstutzen 8 und in einem oberen Bereich ein Entnahmestutzen 9 vorgesehen, die jeweils in den Innenraum des Kühlkanals 2 einmünden. Der Entnahmestutzen 9 ist mit einer Kühlmediumsleitung 10 verbunden, an der in der durch Pfeile angedeuteten Strömungsrichtung nacheinander eine mittels Motor 11 angetriebene Fördereinrichtung 12, beispielsweise ein Gebläse, zum Absaugen des Kühlmediums aus dem Kühlkanal 2 und ein Wärmetauscher 15 angeordnet ist. Schließlich mündet die Kühlmediumsleitung 10 am Eingangsstutzen 8 wieder in den Kühlkanal 2 ein. Im Wärmetauscher 15 besteht ein thermischer Kontakt zu einem Kältemittel, im Ausführungsbeispiel ein verflüssigtes Gas, etwa flüssiger Stickstoff, das aus einem Tank 16 über eine Kältemittelzuleitung 17 herangeführt und im Wärmetauscher 15 thermisch mit der Kühlmediumsleitung 10 für das Kühlmedium verbunden ist. Anstelle von verflüssigtem Gas können jedoch auch andere flüssige oder gasförmige Kältemittel zum Einsatz kommen, wie beispielsweise Kühlwasser, Sole oder Luft oder andere Gase. Im Anschluss an den Wärmetauscher mündet die Kältemittelzuleitung 17 im Ausführungsbeispiel strömungstechnisch noch vor dem Wärmetauscher 15 in die Kühlmediumsleitung 10 ein. Im Rahmen der Erfindung ist es jedoch auch möglich, die Kältemittelzuleitung strömungstechnisch hinter dem Wärmetauscher 15 im die Kühlmediumsleitung 10 einmünden zu lassen. Jeweils an seinen beiden Stirnseiten ist der Kühlkanal 2 mit Gasschleusen 18,19 versehen. Dabei handelt es sich beispielsweise um ringförmig an der jeweiligen Mündungsöffnung des Kühlkanals 2 angeordnete Inertgasdüsen, mittels denen der Eintritt von Umgebungsatmosphäre unterbunden wird, ohne dabei den Durchgang des Produkts durch den Kühlkanal 2 zu behindern. Die Leistung des Kühlkanals 2 ist im Wesentlichen bestimmt durch die Temperatur des Kühlgases am Eingangsstutzen 8 und durch den Kühlgasmengenstrom durch die Zuleitung 10. Um die Kühlung im Kühlkanal 2 beeinflussen zu können, werden daher Temperatur und Mengenstrom des Kühlmediums Regelkreisen unterworfen. Zur Regulierung des Mengenstroms ist kurz hinter dem Entnahmestutzen 9 ein Durchlaufmessgerät 21 angeordnet, das mittels einer Steuerleitung 22 den Motor 11 der Fördereinrichtung 12 ansteuert und dabei die Motorleistung auf einen vorgegebenen Wert oder nach einem vorgegebenen Programm einstellt. Die Regelung der Temperatur des Kühlmediums erfolgt über die Zufuhr des Kältemittels zum Wärmetauscher 15. Dabei wird an einem Temperatursensor 24 die Temperatur des Kühlmediums in der Kühlmediumsleitung 10 erfasst. Nach einem vorgegebenen Programm wird hieraus mittels eines steuerbaren Ventils 25 der Durchfluss des Kältemittels durch den Wärmetauscher 15 und damit die Kühlleistung reguliert. Leistung und Temperatur des Kühlmediums im Kühlkanal 2 können somit unabhängig voneinander geregelt werden. Anstelle von oder zusätzlich zu Mengenstrom und Temperatur können auch andere physikalische Parameter als Regelgrößen eingesetzt werden, etwa Volumenströme, Drücke, Temperaturen in der Kühleinrichtung oder Prozessdaten aus vor- oder nachgeschalteten Systemen.The
Beim bestimmungsgemäßen Einsatz der Vorrichtung 1 sinkt das im Extruder 6 erzeugte Produkt durch den Produkteingang 4 in den Kühlkanal 2 ein, wie durch Pfeile angedeutet. Während des Durchlaufens durch den Kühlkanal 2 wird das Produkt durch thermischen Kontakt mit dem gasförmigen, von unten nach oben geführten Kühlmedium gekühlt. Das dabei sich erwärmende Kühlmedium wird am Entnahmestutzen 9 abgesaugt und durch thermischen Kontakt mit dem Kältemittel im Wärmetauscher 15 gekühlt. Das sich durch den Wärmetausch mit dem Kühlmedium erwärmte Kältemittel wird diesem beigemischt und erhöht dadurch die Kühlleistung. Das Gemisch aus Kühlmedium und zugeführtem Kältemittel strömt über den Eingangsstutzen 8 wieder in den Kühlkanal 2 ein. Der durch die Zugabe des Kältemittels entstehende leichte Überdruck im Innern des Kühlkanals 2 verhindert in Zusammenwirken mit den Gasschleusen 18,19 wirkungsvoll das Eindringen von Umgebungsluft in den Kühlkanal 10. Überschüssiges Kühlmedium entweicht durch die Gasschleusen 18, 19 hindurch in die Umgebung.When the
Das Ausführungsbeispiel nach Fig. 2 unterscheidet sich vom Ausführungsbeispiel nach Fig. 1 im Wesentlichen durch eine Strömungsführung des Kühlmediums, die im Innern des Kühlkanals gleichsinnig wie der Produktstrom verläuft. Die Vorrichtung 32 umfasst gleichfalls einen im Wesentlichen senkrecht angeordneten Kühlkanal 32 mit einem einem Extruder 36 zugewandten Produkteingang 34 und einem Produktausgang 35. Das im Kühlkanal 32 befindliche Kühlgas wird an einem Entnahmestutzen 38, der sich im unteren Bereich des Kühlkanals 32 befindet, mittels einer Fördereinrichtung 42 abgesaugt und über eine Zuleitung 40 einem Wärmetauscher 45 zugeführt, dort durch thermischen Kontakt mit einem aus einem Flüssiggastank 46 herangeführten Kältemittel gekühlt und an einem Eingangsstutzen 39 wieder dem Kühlkanal 32 zugeführt. Innerhalb des Kühlkanals 32 strömt das Kühlmedium also gleichsinnig zum Produkt. Die Regelung von Temperatur und Mengenstrom des Kühlmediums in der Zuleitung 40 erfolgt in gleicher Weise wie bei der Vorrichtung 1 aus Fig. 1. Insbesondere durch diese Anordnung ist es möglich, zwischen dem Produkteingang 34 des Kühlkanals 32 und dem Extruder 36 eine zumindest weitgehend gasdichte Verbindung 44, etwa eine Schlauchverbindung, vorzusehen, mittels der wirkungsvoll verhindert wird, dass das noch warme Produkt aus dem Extruder 36 mit der Umgebungsatmosphäre in Kontakt kommt. Aufgrund der gasdichten Verbindung 44 erübrigt sich eine Gasschleuse im Bereich des Produkteingangs 34. Die Vorrichtung 31 weist demzufolge nur eine Gasschleuse 47 im Bereich des Produktausgangs 35 des Kühlkanals 32 auf; eine vereinfachter Aufbau der Vorrichtungen 1 und 31 kann jedoch auch auf Gasschleusen ganz verzichten.The embodiment of FIG. 2 differs from the embodiment of FIG. 1 essentially by a flow guidance of the cooling medium, which runs in the same direction as the product flow in the interior of the cooling channel. The
Durch die unabhängige Steuerung von Leistung und Temperatur kann mittels der Vorrichtungen 1, 31 eine sehr schonende Kühlung insbesondere von empfindlichen Produkten aus dem Lebensmittelbereich durchgeführt werden. Außerdem ist eine nach diesem Prinzip arbeitende Vorrichtung sehr gut auch bei stark schwankenden Kälteanforderungen zu betreiben.By the independent control of power and temperature can be carried out by means of the
Drahtförmige Produkte, beispielsweise Teigwaren mit einem Durchmesser von 2 bis 10 mm, werden mit einem Extruder unter hohem Druck kontinuierlich in einer Menge von 1000 kg/h produziert. Durch die Verdichtung im Extruder entsteht eine hohe Verformungswärme. Deshalb ist eine Temperaturabsenkung der Produkte nach der Extrusion von ca. 60-90 °C auf etwa 20°C innerhalb von ca. 5 - 50 Sekunden erforderlich, ansonsten blähen sie auf und verlieren ihre Qualität.Wire-shaped products, for example pasta with a diameter of 2 to 10 mm, are continuously produced with an extruder under high pressure in an amount of 1000 kg / h. The compression in the extruder produces a high heat of deformation. Therefore, lowering the temperature of the products after extrusion from approx. 60-90 ° C to approx. 20 ° C within approx. 5-50 seconds, otherwise they expand and lose their quality.
Um diese Bedingung zu erfüllen, wird in der Vorrichtung 1 das Kühlmedium in der Zuleitung 10 mit einem Mengenstrom von 2000 kg/h hindurchgeführt und durch den Kontakt mit flüssigem Stickstoff im Wärmetauscher 15 von einer Temperatur von ca. 10°C im Bereich des Entnahmestutzens 9 auf eine Temperatur von minus 30°C im Bereich des Eingangsstutzens 8 gekühlt. Auf diese Weise wird im Kühlkanal die erforderliche Kühlleistung von 22 kW erbracht.In order to meet this condition, in the
Die durch die beschriebene Verfahrensweise erzielbare sehr rasche und dennoch schonende Kühlwirkung ermöglicht den Betrieb der Vorrichtungen 1 und 31 insbesondere auch bei sehr empfindlichen Produkten, die ansonsten bei der Zuführung in einen senkrecht angeordneten Kühlkanal im noch warmen Zustand unter der Wirkung ihrer eigenen Masse rasch auseinanderfallen würden. Zugleich ermöglicht die senkrechte Anordnung des Kühlkanals einen berührungsfreien und daher besonders schonenden Transport der Produkte durch den Kühlkanal hindurch. Die Anwendung des erfindungsgemäßen Verfahrens und der erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung ist dabei keineswegs auf den Lebensmittelsektor beschränkt; vielmehr sind vielfältige Anwendungsmöglichkeiten anderen Bereichen denkbar, etwa in der Metallurgie oder der Kunststoffherstellung. Beispielsweise gelingt mit dem beschriebenen Verfahren auch die Herstellung von Sinterkörpern.The achievable by the described method very rapid, yet gentle cooling effect allows the operation of the
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Claims (9)
dadurch gekennzeichnet,
dass das Kühlmedium zumindest teilweise an einer Entnahmestelle aus dem Kühlkanal (2,32) entnommen wird, das entnommene Kühlmedium mit einem Kältemittel in Wärmeaustausch tritt und anschließend an einer Einspeisestelle wieder dem Kühlkanal (2,32) zugeführt wird.Method for cooling products, in which a product passes through a cooling channel and in heat exchange in the cooling channel (2, 32) with a cooling medium,
characterized,
that the cooling medium is at least partially removed at a removal point from the cooling channel (2,32), occurs the extracted cooling medium with a refrigerant in heat exchange and is then fed at a feed point back to the cooling channel (2,32).
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